To improve oral health for older adults in skilled nursing facilities, Lansing Community College Dental Hygiene students will provide direct dental care and train facility staff in basic oral care techniques at Dimondale Nursing Care Center, with oversight from...
To improve the oral health and well-being of older adults with ill-fitting dentures, the Michigan Community Dental Clinics (MCDC), in partnership with the University of Michigan, will offer implant overdentures, a treatment that uses small implants to secure dentures...
Partnership with the Delta Dental Foundation to address Oral Health Disparities through the development of a Dental Therapist scholarship fund to support the training of the first dental therapists in Michigan.
The University of Michigan and community partners from the Michigan Community Health Worker Alliance and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services will develop a series of digital educational modules on oral health for community health workers (CHWs) and...
This project will equip rural Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) staff in dental professional health shortage areas with the education and tools necessary to support good oral health among their clients at an early age. By engaging WIC staff in the Brush! oral health...
This project aims to improve the physical, oral, and dental health of children in foster care by creating learning collaboratives across the state and improving parent and caregiver engagement and health literacy. learning collaboratives will include representatives...
Michigan Oral Health Coalition will develop a cost-effective integration model to increase oral health literacy and access to oral health care services among low-income seniors. Staff from Cherry Hill, a federally qualified health center, will provide oral health...
Volunteers of America Michigan will improve access and lower costs for comprehensive care to individuals experiencing homelessness in Lansing. Volunteers of America Michigan will expand service to five days a week, providing behavioral and physical health services, as...
In partnership with the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Altarum will develop the Foster Care Transformation Project, a health information exchange for health care providers and social service teams to exchange oral health information for Michigan’s...
